I'm enjoying the videos so far, keep it up! My black repertoire has a similar idea in which I play the French vs 1.e4 and ...e6 against everything else, aiming to have that familiar e6 d5 pawn chain in every game.
Yes, that's a good observation. The difference for me is that I would want to play for a bit more with white than the London. No doubt that the London is a fine opening, but it's very well-trodden, and black can equalise quite easily. With black, I'm happy to play something positional that allows me to develop without getting hassled too much, but I want to at least try to play for an edge with white. But both the Slav and London are good openings, I would put the Slav in the top tier and the London in the second tier.
I'm enjoying the videos so far, keep it up! My black repertoire has a similar idea in which I play the French vs 1.e4 and ...e6 against everything else, aiming to have that familiar e6 d5 pawn chain in every game.
Thanks for the comment! If you like the French then this seems a very sensible approach.
slav looks very simmilar to the london as black minus the bishop
Yes, that's a good observation. The difference for me is that I would want to play for a bit more with white than the London. No doubt that the London is a fine opening, but it's very well-trodden, and black can equalise quite easily. With black, I'm happy to play something positional that allows me to develop without getting hassled too much, but I want to at least try to play for an edge with white. But both the Slav and London are good openings, I would put the Slav in the top tier and the London in the second tier.